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RTF 2014 Work Plan All documents can be found at – http://rtf.nwcouncil.org/workplan/ http://rtf.nwcouncil.org/workplan/ Approved by RTF, RTF Policy Advisory Committee, and Council. Business Plan is a good place to start: – http://rtf.nwcouncil.org/workplan/RTF-Adopted- 2014BusinessPlan.docx http://rtf.nwcouncil.org/workplan/RTF-Adopted- 2014BusinessPlan.docx $40K budget for Small/Rural Subcommittee

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Manufactured Home Decommissioning Boyd Wilson, BPA asked to discuss this: This is a social engineering project. – It will take a variety of funding sources to accomplish because there is probably not one funding source that can support it all. Suggest that we get a Master’s in Social Work (MSW) student to look into the funding of this program. – There are about five accredited MSW programs in the Region, with Walla Walla University being one of the five. – Boyd is willing to see if they have an MSW student that is interested in researching this topic. 5

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Ongoing Work - Schools Lighting Analysis being conducted by Bob Tingleff and Mike Baker, SBW – Reviewed BPA Lighting Program data to identify common measures – Discussed measures with regional subject matter experts – Working on reducing measure set to manageable size that covers most common measures – PacifiCorp will provide HOU results from metered study – We will likely ask the S/R Subcommittee for feedback between now and our next quarterly meeting (March 2014).

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Ongoing Work - Schools Weatherization RFP has been posted Proposals due December 20, 2013 http://rtf.nwcouncil.org/proposals/rfp/School sWx/ http://rtf.nwcouncil.org/proposals/rfp/School sWx/ This project is being funded out of the RTF General Fund, not the S/R budget.

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2014 Work Plan Subcommittee selected a scoping study of rural health-care facilities as top priority for 2014. – Focus on small health clinics, not hospitals or large health facilities – Focus on human health clinics Some research into differences and similarities between human and animal clinics. – Subcommittee may want to expand scope of the effort to include more sites and/or veterinary clinics. We’ll likely have a special Subcommittee meeting to discuss this topic with NEEA, Avista, and other organizations that have been active on this topic (~ end of January). Do you know of any audit data of rural health-care facilities that could inform this research?

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